Butter Chicken

Source: http://sortedfood.com/#!/butterchicken/

Serves 4

INGREDIENTS

• diced boneless chicken thigh (400g)
• a glug of oil
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• a thumb-sized piece of ginger
• 1 red chilli, deseeded
• 2 tbsp butter
• 3 cardamom pods
• 4 plum tomatoes
• 2 tsp curry powder
• 1 tbsp garam masala
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• chicken stock (200ml)
• a good glug of double cream
• a handful of fresh coriander, leaves torn
• steamed white rice to serve. 

RECIPE

set the slow cooker to high.
trim the chicken thighs to remove any excess fat or sinew.
peel and dice the onion.
grate the peeled garlic and ginger then finely chop the chilli.
throw the onion, garlic, ginger, chilli and butter into the slow cooker with the chicken.
crush the cardamom pods and roughly dice the tomatoes.
chuck in all the spices, tomatoes and tomato purée then pour over the chicken stock.
mix the curry well before leaving it to cook for 4 hours.
stir in the cream and torn coriander leaves just before serving with steamed white rice.